1639: "Eberhard Rees"

1639: "Eberhard Rees"

Author: JC May 1, 2026 Duration: 4:49
Interesting Things with JC #1639: "Eberhard Rees" – Eberhard Rees is checking welds, tolerances, tests, and manufacturing flaws while von Braun sells the Moon rocket vision; the public sees Saturn V, but Rees stays with the weak part, the bad process, and the factory-floor mistake that could destroy the mission.

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1593: "USS Pickerel" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:58
Interesting Things with JC #1593: "USS Pickerel" – Before nuclear power changed undersea warfare, one diesel boat stayed below for 21 straight days and crossed the Pacific on discipline, batteries, and nerve. USS Pickere…
1592: "Three's Company" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:23
Interesting Things with JC #1592: "Three's Company" – One small apartment. One suspicious landlord. And one lie that made the arrangement possible. When Jack Tripper pretends to be something he isn’t, a simple living sit…
1591: "The NIKE Site Hidden in the Woods Near Orchard Park" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:20
Interesting Things with JC #1591: "The Nike Site Hidden in the Woods Near Orchard Park" – In woods south of Buffalo, the ground still remembers a Cold War secret. Beneath the trees once stood a hidden missile shield, bui…
1590: "The Penn Dixie Fossil Site" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:55
Interesting Things with JC #1590: "The Penn Dixie Fossil Site" – In western New York, families split open shale and touch a vanished sea nearly 380 million years old. Beneath an old quarry floor, the Devonian still waits…
1589: "Nathan Detroit" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:34
Interesting Things with JC #1589: "Nathan Detroit" - The gamblers roll the dice but Nathan Detroit runs the game. He knows where the next floating crap game will land and how to keep it one step ahead of the police. But…
1588: "Sarah Brown" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:22
Interesting Things with JC #1588: "Sarah Brown" - In a Broadway world built on wagers and floating crap games one woman refuses to play. Sarah Brown runs a Salvation Army mission surrounded by gamblers and drifters. Then…
1587: "Sky Masterson" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:25
Interesting Things with JC #1587: "Sky Masterson" - A gambler who never feared the odds takes a wager no one expects him to win. Convince a Salvation Army missionary to fly to Havana for dinner. Sky Masterson built his l…
1586: "The Crap Game That Cleaned Up Broadway" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:25
Interesting Things with JC #1586: "The Crap Game That Cleaned Up Broadway" - A Broadway reporter sits at Lindys drinking cup after cup of coffee while gamblers and hustlers talk. Their slang and street stories become the…
1585: "Lake Warren" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:00
Interesting Things with JC #1585: "Lake Warren" – Long before modern Lake Erie, a much larger glacial lake cut the bluffs, shaped the beaches, and left old shorelines miles inland. The land still carries the mark of wate…
1584: "The Hafele–Keating Experiment" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:38
Interesting Things with JC #1584: "The Hafele–Keating Experiment" – In 1971 four atomic clocks boarded commercial airliners and circled the Earth. When they returned, the clocks no longer matched those on the ground. The…